How to break up with someone you love: Do's and don'ts

How to break up with someone you love: Do's and don'ts

Breaking up is hard to do, as the song goes. And it really is. When you know that things are over, it's hard to communicate how you feel without hurting the other person.

Not surprisingly this can lead to some rather insensitive situations where we'll go to any lengths to avoid that awkward conversation and final hug goodbye/plate smashing showdown.

And while there is no nice way to dump someone there are some shocker ways to call it a day. So to give you a little help with your dumping etiquette we've rounded up do's and don'ts of how to break up with someone you love.

From how to prepare for that "we need to talk" chat to the break up shocker stories we've heard first-hand, here's what you need to know to break up with someone you love (or not) as the case may be.